Remembering Bukowski

Charles Bukowski died on his day in 1994. His voice is open and fearless, romantic, honest. He probably has a whole generation of writers getting drunk and wondering why they can't write like that.

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In Big Ed's during the filming of "Barfly." Left to right, Bukowski, Ebert, Faye Dunaway, visiting fireman Andre Konchalovsky.

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My story about a day on location with "Barfly."

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Bukowski sits in the back set of a convertible and gives a running commentary along Hollywood Boulevard.

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Bukowski photos and a song by Johnny Cash

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Bono reads "Roll the Dice" by Bukowski

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Charles Bukowski Reads "The Fire Station"

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Tom Waits reads Bukowski's "The Laughing Heart," Hanks version of Ecclesiates 7, 3 -12:

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